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Bill	Public postsecondary education: student orientation: CalFresh.	Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law requires the eligibility of households to be determined to the extent permitted by federal law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 543	California AB 543 (20212022)	bill	Public postsecondary education: student orientation: CalFresh.	enacted	Davies	6	24	6	2021-02-10	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d7e1e0c7-4a6b-49b1-b3b0-e869ee2d9da6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB543	48fc75b6898c780860f1e9a3e4c60cbc4833d145992c8900e6b48f34c20e255d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 543 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: student orientation: CalFresh.

Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law requires the eligibility of households to be determined to the extent permitted by federal law.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB543 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 543 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB543 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 543 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davies — primary (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Nguyen — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1153.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2237.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
• 2021-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2630.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7e1e0c7-4a6b-49b1-b3b0-e869ee2d9da6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).